Description
The The Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Published: 2025-10-25
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Marketingfire
Marketingfire discussion Board
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Marketingfire
Marketingfire discussion Board
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 25 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000

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Description The The Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.5. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.
Title Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin <= 2.5.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
Weaknesses CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


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Marketingfire Discussion Board
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:12:14.704Z

Reserved: 2025-08-01T18:20:55.297Z

Link: CVE-2025-8483

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-27T15:40:14.971Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-10-25T07:15:41.540

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-8483

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-27T22:10:19Z

Weaknesses